Joseph Mallord William Turner
, English, 1775-1851
Title
Lake Lucerne from FluelenDate1841
MediumWatercolour, traces of bodycolour and graphite, with details added using a pen dipped in watercolour, on ivory wove paper
Dimensions
23 x 29.1 cm
Credit LineBequeathed, Henry Vaughan, 1900
Object numberNGI.2427
DescriptionThe Swiss landscape served as a powerful stimulus for Turner's imagination. Turner's concern in these later watercolours is to register subtle gradations of light, by way of delicate washes and minute weaves of hatched and stippled colour. Here, tinted ephemeral mists descend from the mountains down to the glacial waters, evoking an overall sense of peace and distilled calm.Exhibition HistoryTurner in January | Ireland's Vaughan Bequest, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, 01 January 2025 - 31 January 2025